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Buckley Jr - 2,713 words
1. WM. F. BUCKLEY JR. Last summer WFB was asked by
the New York Bar Association to make a statement
to the panel of lawyers considering the drug
question. He made the following statement: We are
speaking of a plague that consumes an estimated
$75 billion per year of public money, exacts an
estimated $70 billion a year from consumers, is
responsible for nearly 50 per cent of the million
Americans who are today in jail, occupies an
estimated 50 per cent of the trial time of our
judiciary, and takes the time of 400,000
policemen--yet a plague for which no cure is at
hand, nor in prospect. Perhaps you, ladies and
gentlemen of the Bar, will understand it if I
chronicle my own itinerary on the sub ...
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A Clockwork Orange - 394 words
A Clockwork Orange The movie A Clockwork Orange
takes place in the future of London. Anthony
Burgess originally wrote it. Later on made into a
movie, and directed by Stanley Kubrick. The movie
is to represent ultra-violence and how there is no
scientific cure yet. The social context is very
violent in the beginning showing scenes of rape
and assault. The movie shows a violent killer and
rapist, and an attempt to cure him that fails. The
author of A Clockwork Orange is Anthony Burgess,
also went by the name Joseph Kell. He was born on
February 25, 1917, in Manchester. His family was
middle class, and their religious background was
Catholic. His family life was not easy. His father
was a cashi ...
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A Steercar Named Desire Blanches Psychological Breakdown - 1,469 words
A Steercar Named Desire - Blanche's Psychological
Breakdown In Tennesse Williams' play, "A Streetcar
Named Desire" the readers are introduced to a
character named Blanche DuBois. In the plot,
Blanche is Stella's younger sister who has come to
visit Stella and her husband Stanley in New
Orleans. After their first meeting Stanley
develops a strong dislike for Blanche and
everything associated with her. Among the things
Stanley dislikes about Blanche are her
"spoiled-girl" manners and her indirect and
quizzical way of conversing. Stanley also believes
that Blanche has conned him and his wife out of
the family mansion. In his opinion, she is a
good-for-nothing "leech" that has attached itself
to ...
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Abnormal Psychology - 1,197 words
Abnormal Psychology In a world full of fears,
perhaps the worst one a human being should haveis
that to be afraid of his fellow man. The human
that should be mostfeared is the one that has
Anti-Social Personality Disorder or in
laymensterms the psychopath. The psychopath is
probably the most deviant mindthat exists and
treatment is not very successful because there is
not a cureor drug to control it. The solution in
my mind to control the problem ofsociopaths is to
let them live in colonies with each other. Through
myresearch I will develop an understanding of this
personality disorder andconvince you the reader
that my solution might be a viable solution.
Thesociopath is a combination of ot ...
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Abnormal Psychology - 1,142 words
... buting cause or consequence of
beingantisocial. People that are both antisocial
and alcoholic are prone toviolent behavior. Not
every antisocial becomes a criminal. An
antisocialpersons disorder peaks between the ages
of 24 and 44 and drops offsharply after that.
After the age of 30 the sociopath fights less
andperforms less crime but the illness can persist
into the ages of between 60and 70 but after 30 are
less likely to be in trouble with the law. In
asociopaths in their thirties will continue to
have problems such as unstablerelationships,
substance abuse, impulsiveness, poor temper
control andfailure to honor financial obligations.
In our population 3% men haveAnti-Social
Personalit ...
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Abortion - 1,236 words
Abortion "At the heart of liberty is the right to
define one's own concept of existence, of meaning,
of the universe, and of the mystery of human life.
Beliefs about these matters could not define the
attributes of personhood were they formed under
compulsion of the State."1 U.S. Supreme Court
Justices O'Conner, Kennedy and Souter Planned
Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey
Abortion in the United States Before Roe When Roe
v. Wade was decided in January 1973, abortion
except to save a woman's life was banned in nearly
two-thirds of the states.2 Laws in most of the
remaining states contained only a few additional
exceptions.3 It is estimated that each year 1.2
million women resor ...
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Adolph Coors - 1,148 words
Adolph Coors My Personal Interest: The Rise and
Fall (Literally) of Adolph Coors Jodee
Jost-Miranda GEN 101 Mr. Harvey September 27, 2000
Adolph Coors 2 My Personal Interest: The Rise and
Fall (Literally) of Adolph Coors After already
sharing my thoughts of my family, and myself, I
felt as though neither of my favorite personal
interests would accomplish the task at hand. It
was Saturday afternoon, and I still didn't have a
good personal interest topic to write about. I
started mind-mapping, writing every topic I could
think of, including: The Real Civil War; Mental
Instability - Possession or Illness; Finding the
Perfect Home - Mortgage and All; and even The
lightning Capital: Why Here? The ...
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Adventures Of Huck Finn - 1,398 words
Adventures of Huck Finn The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain 1. In the novel, The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck Finn was the
main character. The story was told through his
eyes, and most of the events that took place
happened around him. But some of these events
would not have happened without other main
characters as well, like Jim, Tom Sawyer, the
King, or the Duke. Hucks personality at the start
of the novel had changed gradually throughout the
novel and until the end. At first, Miss Watson
tried to make him pray for things but Huck did not
believe in praying because it brought him bad
luck. Later in the novel, Huck tries to pray for
forgiveness and wants to erase his sin ...
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Advertising, The Good With The Bad - 1,119 words
Advertising, The Good With The Bad Mass
Communication Process Thesis Paper Advertising
(Chapter 11) Advertising is a necessary market
force that is responsible for the success of most,
and involved in all, forms of Multimedia. It is
also responsible for some of our most powerful and
long-living icons that dominate the American
landscape. Advertising, like it or not, is
everywhere. It is on buses, billboards and hot-air
balloons. It invades our living rooms, our
classrooms and almost every aspect of human life.
The average American is exposed to 115
advertisements during their morning commute. With
this much exposure to the consumer market, one
wonders weather or not this is good or bad for t ...
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Affirmative Action - 3,345 words
... Aguilar 1. Affirmative action should be
eliminated (Sadler 70). Affirmative action does
not solve discrimination problems; on the
contrary, it harms those the program is meant
help. The program divides society into two groups
based on ethnicity; this completely defies the
effort to have a color-blind America (where
society does not see ethnicity or a color
difference in any person). Disguised as an equal
opportunity program affirmative action
discriminates against non-minorities. Affirmative
action has its affects in collegiate admissions
and employment, however, remains more
controversial in college admissions. Many groups
protest the abolishment of affirmative action for
sake of higher ...
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Affliction - 1,273 words
Affliction Affliction, based on the novel by
Russell Banks, was very interesting, mysterious,
and kept you guessing up until it was over. The
actors/actresses portrayed in the movie was Wade
Whitehouse (Nick Nolte), Wade's girlfriend Margie
Fogg (Sissy Spacek), Glen Whitehouse (James
Coburn), Rolfe Whitehouse (William Defoe), Lillian
(Mary Beth Hurt), Jill (Brigid Tierney), and Jack
Hewit (Jim True). The movie begins by Rolfe
Whitehouse (William Defoe) narrating the movie
about a phone call he received from his brother,
Wade Whitehouse (Nick Nolte), the night after
Halloween, which was what lead up to Wade's
mysterious disappearance. Using a narrative
approach in the movie was an excellent c ...
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Affliction - 881 words
Affliction The character Wade Whitehouse from the
book Affliction by Russell Banks is very complex.
To properly analyze his character one must take
into account all aspects of his personality. We
must search and break down any information we may
find about, the characters background information,
describe his personality, determine if any changes
have occurred to his character during the novel,
how he has affected fellow characters and finally
the thematic significance that the author wishes
to bring to the readers attention through his
character. Firstly we must look at the major
factors that influence the character; background
information surrounding the environmental factors
of the town, t ...
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Age Of The Bosses - 455 words
Age Of The Bosses As industrialization caused
cites to grow in leaps and bounds, political
bosses started to take power. As the 19th Century
came to a close, almost every sizable city had a
political boss, or at least had one rising to
power. Tons of immigrants from every part of the
world began to pour into the major cities. Cities
have had diversity in the past, but the huge
diversity of the American cities was unique. The
only thing the new immigrants had in common with
each other was the dream of becoming rich and the
poverty of their current state. Unfortunately, so
many different people with so little in common
often left tension between different groups on the
edge of becoming violent ...
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Al Capone Is Perhaps The Best Known Gangster Of All Time And By Far The Most - 945 words
Al Capone is perhaps the best known gangster of
all time and by far the most powerful mob boss of
his era. His mob dominated the Chicago area from
1925 to 1931, when he was imprisoned for income
tax evasion. This was the only crime the courts
could prove against him. He went to jail at
Alcatraz for eight years until he became very ill
with syphilis and died from the disease in 1947
(URL:http://www.broonale.co.uk/
austria/capone.html 1-3). Al Capone was born
somewhere in Brooklyn on January 17, 1899 but
knowbody really knows for sure. Capone grew up in
a tough neighborhood in Brooklyn, N.Y. He attended
school through the sixth grade. He recieved his
nickname Scarface during these years as a r ...
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Alcohol - 1,242 words
Alcohol Sean Fleming Period 1 Mr. Schwartz Final
Exam Alcohol The topic alcohol brings many things
to mind. In my immediate family the only people
that drink any type of alcohol are my mother and
father. When my dad comes home from work he
usually has a beer for a little relaxation and my
mom has a glass of wine for dinner. I feel that
they are moderate drinkers and I also feel that it
sets a good example for my brother and I. If we
hadn't gone over this topic in class I would never
have known what type of drinkers they were. Now
that I think of it I have one relative who has not
always lived the good life. If I was writing this
paper 8 years ago my aunt Ann would be drinking
very heavily ri ...
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Alcohol - 517 words
Alcohol There are some 14 million people in the
United States and 1 out of every 13 adults are
considered alcoholics or at least experience
drinking problems to some degree. Most people just
dont understand the consequences of drinking.
Alcoholism is a disease and unless something is
done, more and more will be affected by this
dangerous drug. A bad withdraw from this drug can
lead to death, not even heroin results in death as
many times as alcohol. The majority of people see
alcohol as a social outlet and does not consider
it to be as dangerous as it may really be.
Alcoholism is an often-progressive disease with
symptoms that include a strong need to drink
despite negative consequences, suc ...
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Alcohol - 654 words
Alcohol Alcohol Alcohol is a drug, but unlike most
of the other drugs, it is socially accepted and is
legal. Alcohol is bad for you and does have long
term affects associated with it. Such as the long
addiction to it, effects on the body, and the
social interaction effects. Alcohol, and
alcoholism is common in America, but drinking is
more common around kids. Social drinking, a term
kids and drinkers have come accustom to, is
defined by one standard drink per hour, and no
more than 3 per day, but some people just
socialize around people that drink as heavily as
they do and confuse that for social drinking.
Addiction to alcohol can be acquired easily if not
careful, binge drinking and family ...
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Alcohol Abuse - 1,364 words
... get a BAC that high? A 160 pound man will
have a BAC of about .04, 1 hour after consuming
two 12-ounce beers on an empty stomach. Your BAC
will depend on how much you weigh, how much you
drink, amount of time since your last drink and
your gender. Women metabolize alcohol differently
from men, causing women to reach higher BAC's at
the same doses. Recent research is showing that
true substance dependence may be caused, in part,
by brain chemistry deficiences. That is one reason
that substance dependence is considered a disease.
And, as with other diseases, there is the
possibility of taking medicine to get better.
There is now promising evidence that taking
medicine can correct some of ...
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Alcohol Abuse Among College Students And Possible Solutions - 1,040 words
Alcohol Abuse Among College Students And Possible
Solutions Running head: ALCOHOL ABUSE AMONG
COLLEGE STUDENTS Alcohol Abuse Among College
Students and Possible Solutions Terry McDaniel
Georgia Southern University Abstract Binge or
excessive drinking is the most serious problem
affecting social life, health, and education on
college campuses today including the campus of
Georgia Southern University. Binge or excessive
drinking by college students has become a social
phenomena in which college students do not
acknowledge the health risks that are involved
with their excessive drinking habits. Furthermore
college students do not know enough about alcohol
in general and what exactly it does to ...
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